Railroad-tie



J. FARKS.

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLmTlcm msu ome. 191.9.

1,367,541'. Peeeneed Feb. 8,1921.

T im INVENTOR.

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Unirse srargsnsmrgairsnr OFFICE.

JOHN BARRAS, 0F DONORA, PENNSYLVANIA.

RALRAlD-TIE.

Leanser.

Application led leoeniber 5 To ZZ tu imm it 'may concern Be it known that l, Jorrit Ruinas, a citizen oi l-lungary, and resident oit Donors, in the county or lliashington and State oi Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful .improvements in Railroadflies, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railroad ties and especially to those in which no spilres .tor holding down the rails are necessary.

rl`he object o1" this invention is the pro vision otl a simple, inexpensive rail tie which is practically indestructible, which seldom needs to be replaced, and by the use oit which na large part ot the labor involved in laying railroad traclts is eliminated.

A further object ot this invention is the provision ot a tie in which rails can be permanently, quicltly and accurately set and' fastened without the use ot' spilres, at the proper spaced distance.

A. still further object ot this invention is the provision ot' a rail tie and fastener from which the rail may be quickly removed for repair or replacement without disturbing the tie or the road bed.

To attain these and other objects, l ein ploy the devices shown in the accompanying drawings, in which--n .Figure l is a perspective view oit my invention showing the rails in place.

Fig. 2 is a similar View ot niy invention, which is shown reversed end for end from position indicated. in l, the rails being removed.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 3 3 ot Fig. l, and F ig. 4l is a partial vertical seea tion on line 4 4 ot Fig. 2.

ln the practical embodiment of my invention, l provide an outer channel section i which is arranged with the tlanges 2 there ci in a vertical position. @ne end i oi said channel is made solid part of the way to provide an opening` tor supporting bolte passing therethrough. Between ilanges 2 of channel. l., a second channel section 5 is provided, which is arranged with the outer web tace horizontal, the flanges vertical and resting on the inner web iace oit channel l. The size ot said channels is such that the inner channel 5 may slide longitudinally' with ease. The upper iace of channel 5 is substantially in the same horizontal plane as the upper faces of flanges 2. Said channel 5 has a solid end 6 arranged near end 3 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

serial no. 343,070.

pt; channel l, said end 6 having a bolt holev l therein for bolt fl.

For securing rails 16 to said channels, two cuts are made in each of said channels across the ripper face thereorn in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axes ot the channels, said cuts being ot' suilicient depth to form shoulders 8, 9, l0, ll, l2, 13, lfl, and l5, in said channels, which, when rails 16 are set into said cuts, reach up above the bases of said rails. Said cuts are made wider than the width oi the rail base to allow said rail to be quickly and easily set into said cuts.. Said shoulder forming cuts in the channels are madeA preferably all of the same width and shape, and are prete ably spaced apart a distance equal to the track gage.

lt will be seen from the drawings that one side ot said cuts is shaped to lit the lower part of the rail cross section, while the other side et the cuts is oi any shape, preferably vertical, so that shoulders 8, l0, l2, and 13 are designed to snugly t the rail. it will also be seen that while curved shoulders 8 and l0 in channel l Fig. 2 are on the left hand side ot the cut, corresponding curved shoulders l2 and 13 in channel 5 are on the other or opposite hand, in the heure on the right hand side ol the cut, in order that said shoulders may lit on opposite sides ot rails 16.

To assemble the tie and lay the track, channel 5 is inserted into channel l until bolt is just able to catch the thread in hole 7, in which position the openings between shoulders 8 and l2 and between shoulders lO and 13 are wider than the rail width at the base, so that rail i6 may be set into said opening from above if desired. The tie be.- ing placed in position in the road bed, rail i6 is set in the opening between the shoulders with one side against shoulder 8 or shoulder l0. Bolt l is then tightened, whereby channel 5 is drawn farther into channel l, until shoulders i2 and i3 are brought up tightly against the rail, the rail and tie thereby beingsecurely locked together.

Vfhat I claim is:

In a combined rail tie and fastener, a channel, upstanding flanges on said channel, a solid end in said channel having a bolt hole therein, a second channel inverted with respect to said first mentioned channel and adapted to slide therein, a solid end in said second channel in juxtaposition to the solid end in said rst channel, a threaded bolt hole in the solid end of said second Channel, both of said channels havngshallow outs across the appel` faces thereof, each out being Wider than the Width of the mil base, parallel curved shoulders formeel by said cuts and spaced apart e dist-ance equal to the gage of the track on each of seid Channels shaped to lit the rail, the curved shoulders of one channel being opposite to those of the 10 ington and State of Pennsylvania this 2nd 15 day of Eea. A. D. 1919.

JOHN FARKAS. 

